A good summary. The trial that will start on Monday is not about Trump paying hush money to a porn star with whom he had sexual relations (aka adulatory) shortly after his wife gave birth to his son. It is instead about election interference and the falsification of business records in order to commit a crime. I know the media short hand is “hush money trial”, but that is really misleading.
As for the AZ republicans and DJT running for cover, don’t let them! They are all on record in favor of this exact event. Hold their collective feet to the fire and roast them all in November!
Good title for today's issue, Biden's Steady Hand. So grateful for *your* steady and consistent calming voice (virtual not literal (but accurately "literal" since I read rather than listen to the audio version of your writings)). Thank you for being here, and for the unseen but greatly appreciated hours you have put into your Substack, and for the support of your managing editor.
I must say that I did chuckle out loud at this sentence:
"We should expect Trump's Truth Social feed to be so hot over the weekend that it will catch fire."
I look forward to reading your next few editions with cautious guilty glee... as it feels indecent to wish the worst on tffg, yet after all he has put this country through, and his repeated but unpunished betrayals and deceits, there is a faint hope that he may still wind up bearing the consequences of his cruelties and never-ending lies.
Speaking of Truth Social…Dream For America https://dream4america.org/ is effectively using multiple social media platforms, including TS.
William He,the young dynamic student and founder of D4A recently spoke with my activist group.This younger Gen org is on fire 🔥 and taking on the far-right youth group,Turning Point USA.
D4A is also part of the coalition endorsing Students for Biden/Harris.
📣Please share/amplify/support if you’re able.📣
Our Impact
* 50+ million impressions & accounts reached across social media
* recruited hundreds of volunteers spanning 35+ states
* out-raising Turning Point USA’s first year fundraising 2-to-1 in just 6 months
* chapter presence coast to coast
* investing in youth engagement in swing states
* nearly HALF of our team represent swing-states or red-states
* 43% of our volunteers identify as LGBTQ+
* average grassroots contribution of $27
* broad Gen-Z support for our Zoomer’s New Deal & our general messaging that transcends demographics, party affiliation, & political ideology
* assembled a board of advisors composed of industry leading political strategists, community leaders, & elected officials
'Steve Bannon—an attack dog for Trump—' is not just an attack dog. I think he is one of the most dangerous men attacking democracy. Always hiding behind a person like Trump, not a dog but a mind influencing him and using him as long as Trump doesn't fall. His group has already successes in Poland, Hungary, Czechia and the Netherlands. He knows exactly how and when to spread propaganda, where the weak spots are. I wish that he was more exposed but how? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Movement_(right-wing_populist_group)
We are fortunate to have Joe Biden as our President and I hope voters are going to finally appreciate his leadership and humanity. As Trump spirals out of control during his trial I hope Biden makes many public appearances so voters can do a side by side comparison of the two candidates and make the right decision.
As I move into each weekend, I wean myself from on air news. Your newsletter today, read in the morning on purpose, is exceptional in its wrap up of the political news. I see that I need to go back a day while I have the emotional stamina to read the one from yesterday about new gun control issues established by Biden. I happily updated my credit card, too, and continued my paid membership status. It’s so clear that what you put together for us takes full work days. Enjoy your day off, Robert, even though I know writers are still ruminating and planning on those days, too 😃 Thank you for what you are doing for all of us.
I keep saying--Biden's the best president of my lifetime! Thank you Robert for giving us more evidence that Biden's doing an amazing job! We ARE damn lucky to have him. And this sentence was hilarious: "We should expect Trump's Truth Social feed to be so hot over the weekend that it will catch fire."
Here in Massachusetts, Monday marks Patriots Day (also in Maine, which was part of Massachusetts until 1820), to commemorate the day when a handful of colonists challenged the most powerful empire in the world for “the rights of Englishmen.” Today, the holiday is almost all about the Boston Marathon, but it’s good to take time to recall the courage and fortitude of our first patriots, who were willing to give their lives for democracy.
I just had a revelation this morning… right here right now. What a saner, kinder, more well-informed citizenry we would be if Robert Hubbell’s Today’s Edition were the front page of our daily newspaper/newsfeed.
I can’t thank you enough for Today’s Edition once again today. 💙
Great, calming newsletter, except, of course, for the Iran/Israel story. That is frightening, and would be terrible with so much turbulence in the area.
On a positive note, I plan to work on registering high school students through the Civics Center. Thanks for including info about that opportunity. Action quiets fear! This is something I feel strongly about. Getting the youth vote out would add that many more votes for Biden, I think/hope.
Today Robert says:“we are in the capable hands of a president who rises to the moment without drama, self-inflicted controversy, or ego. Not everyone in America agrees with all of Biden’s decisions, but at this fraught moment in our history, we are fortunate to have a president who leads with a steady hand while surrounded by competent advisers.”
Not a sexy message that will get the MSM excited but truly the essence of the case for the re-election of Joe Biden. Making false and outlandish claims is not the way to govern. But that’s what the MSM likes to cover. In addition to competency Democrats need sex appeal. Where and from whom to get it is above my pay grade. But I know we need it.
I'd observe that while certainly true that "In short, securing the extension of Section 702 was a significant achievement by President Biden." It's also an achievement for Mike Johnson. Despite screams of agony from the overwhelmingly venal Freedom Caucus, doing what he did is actually his job. He's Speaker of the House, not GOP Majority Leader - who happens to be Steve Scalise (R, LA 1st District). If you note that the GOP House and Senate are led by Southerners, it's interesting.
Your letter today, Robert, fills me with hope, gratitude, and knowledge. Thank you! On to continue the work of keeping our government safe from the traitors!
I just read the latest NYTs/Sienna poll. At the end they briefly reviewed their methodology. I question the reliability of a poll where only about 1% answer the phone. How can anyone speculate as to how the other 99% would respond. I think a better headline than something about Biden is improving would be “In the latest poll we had a 1% response rate so don’t take us too seriously.”
“We spoke with 1,059 registered voters from April 7 to 11, 2024.
Our polls are conducted by telephone, using live interviewers, in both English and Spanish. More than 95 percent of respondents were contacted on a cellphone for this poll.
Voters are selected for the survey from a list of registered voters. The list contains information on the demographic characteristics of every registered voter, allowing us to make sure we reach the right number of voters of each party, race and region. For this poll, we placed nearly 127,000 calls to more than 93,000 voters.”
A good summary. The trial that will start on Monday is not about Trump paying hush money to a porn star with whom he had sexual relations (aka adulatory) shortly after his wife gave birth to his son. It is instead about election interference and the falsification of business records in order to commit a crime. I know the media short hand is “hush money trial”, but that is really misleading.
As for the AZ republicans and DJT running for cover, don’t let them! They are all on record in favor of this exact event. Hold their collective feet to the fire and roast them all in November!
Good title for today's issue, Biden's Steady Hand. So grateful for *your* steady and consistent calming voice (virtual not literal (but accurately "literal" since I read rather than listen to the audio version of your writings)). Thank you for being here, and for the unseen but greatly appreciated hours you have put into your Substack, and for the support of your managing editor.
I must say that I did chuckle out loud at this sentence:
"We should expect Trump's Truth Social feed to be so hot over the weekend that it will catch fire."
I look forward to reading your next few editions with cautious guilty glee... as it feels indecent to wish the worst on tffg, yet after all he has put this country through, and his repeated but unpunished betrayals and deceits, there is a faint hope that he may still wind up bearing the consequences of his cruelties and never-ending lies.
Speaking of Truth Social…Dream For America https://dream4america.org/ is effectively using multiple social media platforms, including TS.
William He,the young dynamic student and founder of D4A recently spoke with my activist group.This younger Gen org is on fire 🔥 and taking on the far-right youth group,Turning Point USA.
D4A is also part of the coalition endorsing Students for Biden/Harris.
📣Please share/amplify/support if you’re able.📣
Our Impact
* 50+ million impressions & accounts reached across social media
* recruited hundreds of volunteers spanning 35+ states
* out-raising Turning Point USA’s first year fundraising 2-to-1 in just 6 months
* chapter presence coast to coast
* investing in youth engagement in swing states
* nearly HALF of our team represent swing-states or red-states
* 43% of our volunteers identify as LGBTQ+
* average grassroots contribution of $27
* broad Gen-Z support for our Zoomer’s New Deal & our general messaging that transcends demographics, party affiliation, & political ideology
* assembled a board of advisors composed of industry leading political strategists, community leaders, & elected officials
💪💙
'Steve Bannon—an attack dog for Trump—' is not just an attack dog. I think he is one of the most dangerous men attacking democracy. Always hiding behind a person like Trump, not a dog but a mind influencing him and using him as long as Trump doesn't fall. His group has already successes in Poland, Hungary, Czechia and the Netherlands. He knows exactly how and when to spread propaganda, where the weak spots are. I wish that he was more exposed but how? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Movement_(right-wing_populist_group)
We are fortunate to have Joe Biden as our President and I hope voters are going to finally appreciate his leadership and humanity. As Trump spirals out of control during his trial I hope Biden makes many public appearances so voters can do a side by side comparison of the two candidates and make the right decision.
I'm so concerned that a health issue might push off the Trump trial in NYC. I heard his bone spurs were acting up.
Let's encourage voters to look toward the FUTURE they would like to see,,
rather than go BACKWARD to days when women lacked the vote and people were owned and abused.
The GOP truly has overextended their "hand."
As I move into each weekend, I wean myself from on air news. Your newsletter today, read in the morning on purpose, is exceptional in its wrap up of the political news. I see that I need to go back a day while I have the emotional stamina to read the one from yesterday about new gun control issues established by Biden. I happily updated my credit card, too, and continued my paid membership status. It’s so clear that what you put together for us takes full work days. Enjoy your day off, Robert, even though I know writers are still ruminating and planning on those days, too 😃 Thank you for what you are doing for all of us.
I keep saying--Biden's the best president of my lifetime! Thank you Robert for giving us more evidence that Biden's doing an amazing job! We ARE damn lucky to have him. And this sentence was hilarious: "We should expect Trump's Truth Social feed to be so hot over the weekend that it will catch fire."
Here in Massachusetts, Monday marks Patriots Day (also in Maine, which was part of Massachusetts until 1820), to commemorate the day when a handful of colonists challenged the most powerful empire in the world for “the rights of Englishmen.” Today, the holiday is almost all about the Boston Marathon, but it’s good to take time to recall the courage and fortitude of our first patriots, who were willing to give their lives for democracy.
I just had a revelation this morning… right here right now. What a saner, kinder, more well-informed citizenry we would be if Robert Hubbell’s Today’s Edition were the front page of our daily newspaper/newsfeed.
I can’t thank you enough for Today’s Edition once again today. 💙
Great, calming newsletter, except, of course, for the Iran/Israel story. That is frightening, and would be terrible with so much turbulence in the area.
On a positive note, I plan to work on registering high school students through the Civics Center. Thanks for including info about that opportunity. Action quiets fear! This is something I feel strongly about. Getting the youth vote out would add that many more votes for Biden, I think/hope.
Today Robert says:“we are in the capable hands of a president who rises to the moment without drama, self-inflicted controversy, or ego. Not everyone in America agrees with all of Biden’s decisions, but at this fraught moment in our history, we are fortunate to have a president who leads with a steady hand while surrounded by competent advisers.”
Not a sexy message that will get the MSM excited but truly the essence of the case for the re-election of Joe Biden. Making false and outlandish claims is not the way to govern. But that’s what the MSM likes to cover. In addition to competency Democrats need sex appeal. Where and from whom to get it is above my pay grade. But I know we need it.
I'd observe that while certainly true that "In short, securing the extension of Section 702 was a significant achievement by President Biden." It's also an achievement for Mike Johnson. Despite screams of agony from the overwhelmingly venal Freedom Caucus, doing what he did is actually his job. He's Speaker of the House, not GOP Majority Leader - who happens to be Steve Scalise (R, LA 1st District). If you note that the GOP House and Senate are led by Southerners, it's interesting.
Your letter today, Robert, fills me with hope, gratitude, and knowledge. Thank you! On to continue the work of keeping our government safe from the traitors!
I just read the latest NYTs/Sienna poll. At the end they briefly reviewed their methodology. I question the reliability of a poll where only about 1% answer the phone. How can anyone speculate as to how the other 99% would respond. I think a better headline than something about Biden is improving would be “In the latest poll we had a 1% response rate so don’t take us too seriously.”
“We spoke with 1,059 registered voters from April 7 to 11, 2024.
Our polls are conducted by telephone, using live interviewers, in both English and Spanish. More than 95 percent of respondents were contacted on a cellphone for this poll.
Voters are selected for the survey from a list of registered voters. The list contains information on the demographic characteristics of every registered voter, allowing us to make sure we reach the right number of voters of each party, race and region. For this poll, we placed nearly 127,000 calls to more than 93,000 voters.”